16:9 Passing Through Central Park

[Robert Watcher]

16:9 - Passing Through Central Park - Frame#1

16:9 - Passing Through Central Park - Frame#2

16:9 - Passing Through Central Park - Frame#3

16:9 - Passing Through Central Park - Frame#4


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[Robert Watcher]

16:9 - Passing Through Central Park - Frame#5

16:9 - Passing Through Central Park - Frame#6

16:9 - Passing Through Central Park - Frame#7

16:9 - Passing Through Central Park - Frame#8


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[Sam Hames]

This is a wonderful series - I can feel how alive the whole place is.

I have an obvious question - why did you choose 16:9? And did you shoot it like this or edit afterwards?

It's funny too how even a little thing can make a huge difference. Personally I can't stand making photos in 3:2 let alone 16:9 - it just feels completely wrong to me. But when I see this series it all makes sense to lay it out like this.

Sam

 

[Asher Kelman]

16:9 - Passing Through Central Park - Frame#5

16:9 - Passing Through Central Park - Frame#6

16:9 - Passing Through Central Park - Frame#7

16:9 - Passing Through Central Park - Frame#8


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One element is so obvious here is the extension of the private space of the people to the public streets. There's a sense that this is one giant family den!

Asher

 

[Chris Calohan II]

I love 16:9 as it allows one to see where something came from and where perhaps it may go. Also, as in these frames, as Asher has pointed out, it allows the outside to frame without confining.

 

[Robert Watcher]

This is a wonderful series - I can feel how alive the whole place is.

I have an obvious question - why did you choose 16:9? And did you shoot it like this or edit afterwards?

It's funny too how even a little thing can make a huge difference. Personally I can't stand making photos in 3:2 let alone 16:9 - it just feels completely wrong to me. But when I see this series it all makes sense to lay it out like this.

Sam

Thank you Sam.

I really had no specific format in mind when I was shooting. I took the pics in the standard 4:3 ratio. When I was preparing this set, I saw a lot of horizontal interplay with subject matter, and decided that a panoramic cropping might enhance the images.

I find benfit in all formats and have always cropped to however I feel on a given day. Being that my finished prints were always custom framed or were not dependant on a set ratio in albums I produced - I cropped to whatever proportions I felt suited the image - or I would cut the print to that space I liked. So I am kind of entrenched in the mindset of not thinking too much about the shape on my crop. In Lightroom I tend to crop to standard ratios more, because of the way the crop tool works. Previously with Photoshop, I used the square selection tool and paid no attention to preset ratios.

If I had used the 4:3 or 3:2 ratios, the subject matter would have worked fine - I suspect the images would have looked more like street photography pics at those ratios. 16:9 maybe changes that dynamic a little bit in this case.

Frame#4 and Frame#8 and possibly Frame#5, are very strong images in the 4:3 format as a result of the architectural elements - for example #4 has a wall of wood windows behind the men, that extends some 30 feet vertically to the roof of the building ---- but in the context of this series, they work well in the pano format as well.


I appreciate your insight.

 

[Robert Watcher]

I love 16:9 as it allows one to see where something came from and where perhaps it may go. Also, as in these frames, as Asher has pointed out, it allows the outside to frame without confining.

Thank you Chris. Leading lines. Yes I can see that.

 

[Robert Watcher]

One element is so obvious here is the extension of the private space of the people to the public streets. There's a sense that this is one giant family den!

Asher

Wonderful observation Asher. I agree.

 

[Sam Hames]

Thank you Sam.

I really had no specific format in mind when I was shooting. I took the pics in the standard 4:3 ratio. When I was preparing this set, I saw a lot of horizontal interplay with subject matter, and decided that a panoramic cropping might enhance the images.

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Thanks for the additional commentary - it's very interesting to hear your approach on this series. Even something as simple as aspect ratio has a big impact on the final result and it's great to see a nice demonstration of this.

Sam